"During the Cultural Revolution, Mao exhorted the Chinese people to 'smash the four olds': old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas. Yet when the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square chanted 'We want to see Chairman Mao, ' they unknowingly used a classical rhythm that dates…
"An Anatomy of Chinese reveals how rhythms, conceptual metaphors, and political language convey time-honored meanings of which Chinese speakers themselves may not be consciously aware, and contributes to the ongoing debate over whether language shapes thought, or vice versa. Per…
"During the Cultural Revolution, Mao exhorted the Chinese people to 'smash the four olds': old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas. Yet when the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square chanted 'We want to see Chairman Mao, ' they unknowingly used a classical rhythm that dates…
